Tie and rail-fastener.



W. N. HARING.

TIB AND RAIL FASTENBB..

APPLIGATIONHLBD ocT. 12,1908.

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WILLIAM N. HARING, OF NYACK, NEW YORK.

TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 12, 1908.

To all whom it may cof/wem.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. HARING, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Nyack, county of Rockland, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ties and Rail-Fasteners,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

rThis invention relates more particularly to a metallic tie andfastening means for railroad rails.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a tie which willpositively hold the rails and prevent the same from spreading as isoften the case with the usual method of holding the rails, and whichoften results in accidents and loss of life and property, and whichdevice is so made that not only will it economize in the use of wood,but will also serve to permit being ballasted in a better way than withthe usual wood tie.

Another obj ect of the invention is to provide a tie which is soconstructed that it will be very strong 'yet very light.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple and efficientfastening devices for the rails which can be adjusted to fit differentwidths of tracks, and also which are so constructed as to interlock andthereby prevent the rails from becoming displaced, thus dispensing withthe usual spikes employed in connection with the usual form of wood tie.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a tie which may beused to entirely displace the wood tie, or which may be used atintervals to displace the ties only in part, thus adapting the tie to beemployed in connection with the usual method of supporting the rails,and which device is so made that the rails can be placed at an angle aswell as at right angles to the tie.

lith these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinaftermore particularly described with reference to the accomf panyingdrawings, which form a part of this specification, and will then bepointed out in' the claims at the end'of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of device embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the rails in section.Fig. 3 is a plan view of a different form of fastening device. Fig. 4 isa side elevation of the fastening device shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is atransverse section of the Patented May 18, 1909.

Serial No. 457,320.

larger scale. Fig. 6 is a transverse section of the form of device shownin Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the two members of thefastening device detached from the rail and from each other. Fig. 8 is aperspective view of the members of the fastening device shown in Figs. 3and 4; and Figs. 9 and 10 show the rivets before and after the ends arespread apart.

Each tie 10 is of metal of sufficient thickness to give rigiditythereto, and comprises a base member 11 which extends the entire lengthof the tie and has its ends bent or made to extend upwardly, as at 12,so as to provide a fastening part 13 and a curved part 14 at each endthereof, the curved part 14 serving to make the tie elastic. The topmember 15 comprises two parts or members 16 and 17 arranged in parallelrelation with respect to each other and to the body of the base member11, and the parts 16 and 17 are spaced apart to provide alongitudinally-extending groove or space 18, and have their ends bent orformed so as to extend downward, as at 19, so as to be fastened byrivets 20 or otherwise to the ends 13 of the base member 11. These parts16 and 17 are each angular in cross section between their ends 19 toprovide a downwardly-projectin 'flange 21 and each member is supportedengthwise thereof by a corrugated truss brace 22 which extendssubstantially the entire length of the structure of the tie. The trussbraces 22 are corrugated and are provided with fastening parts 23 whichlare adapted to be secured to the base member and curved parts 24 asstrengthening means for the parts 16 and 17, and to give the latter therequired resiliency, and the truss braces are reversed and arranged sothat the fastening part 23 of one truss brace will be opposite the spacebetween the fastening parts 23 of the other truss brace of the tie, thusserving to better maintain and hold the members of the structure of thetie together.

To clamp and hold the rail in position to prevent spreading and to holdthe same properly various means may be employed. As shown in Figs. 1, 2,5 and 7, I provide a plurality of clamping or fastening devices 26. Eachfastening device may comprise two opposed members 27 and 28. The members27 and 2S are similarly constructed, and each is provided with a fiange29, in which are opendevice shown in Figs. 1 and 2 on a somewhat ings 30which are adapted to register with openings 31 in thedownwardly-extending4 iianges 21 of the parts or members 16 and 17. Thetwo members 27 and 28 of the devices 26 are made to interlock and holdthe rail as will be presently described, and the devices can be adjustedalong the groove or slot 18 between the parts 16 and 17, in which groovethe flanges 29 are adapted to fit, and when the openings 30 are broughtinto alinement with the openings 31 the said devices are held againstmovement by one or more rivets 32 one end of which is split and forcedapart as shown in Figs. 5 and 10, thus adapting the fastening devices tobe adjusted to different distances apart. rihe members 27 and 23 areeach provided with an outwardly-projecting part 32, and this part has anangularly formed end 33 in which is a slot 34 for the reception of thefinger or projection 35 of the other member. This nger or rojecting part36 of each member is integra with the part 35 and the part 36 is formedby bending over a part of the flange 29 upon itself, as at 37, and eachpart 36 is provided with a clamping and engaging tongue 33 under whichthev flanges 39 of the track rail 4() are adapted to fit when themembers are made to interlock by forcing the ends or fingers 35 of onemember into the slots or openings 34 of the other member, and therebyprevent relative movement of the members when in an interloc-kedposition. The rail has its flange 39 clamped by the engaging tongues orparts 38, and the tongues incline slightly to t the incline of theflanges of the rails, and are so arranged that the rails can be readilyslipped under and between the tongues of the members 27 and 28, or themembers can be placed on the rails before the rails are placed on theties. By'arranging the o enings 30 in the fastening devices to be slghtly above the openings 31 of the tie, the split rivets 32 will forcethe fastening devices toward the tie and thereby clamp the rail rigidlyto the tie.

The metallic tie with its fastening devices can be spaced apart similarto the spacing of the ordinary wood tie or they may be spaced apart agreater distance and the usual wood or other tie employed in connectionwith the metallic ties 10 to properly support the rails.

In Figs. 3, 6 and 8, the tie is substantially the same as theconstruction already shown, but the form of clamping or fastening device41 is somewhat different. Here two interlocking members 42 and 43 areeach provided with openings 44 adapted to register with the openings 31of the tie, and each member is provided with a cut-away part or notch 45in which is adapted to fit a lug or finger 46 of .the op osed member, sothat when the two mem ers are placed together, they will be interlockedand relative movement of the same prevented. Each member is providedwith an overlapping lip or flange part 47 which is adapted to fit on theupper surface of one of the members 16 and 17 of the tie, and at or nearthe other end is provided with an angular overhanging portion 48, whichis adapted'lto rest upon the same member of the tie, and is cut away, asat 49, to provide a tongue or. clamping part 50 and to provide a spacefor the flange of the track rail to fit and be held. By this means themembers are made to interlock and the rail is prevented from spreadingor becoming displaced and the clampingmeans are easily constructed andplaced in positionto permit the rails to be adjusted to variousdistances apart.

It will be understood that changes in the form, dimensions, proportionsand minor details may be resorted to without in the least departing fromthe principle of the invention.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a simple and efficient tie forrailway purposes is provided; that the tie is simple, strong and can beeasily made and assembled that simple and reliable fastening means areprovided which can be readily applied to and held as a part of the tiethat by the means shown the rails are absolutely prevented fromspreading or displacement, thus avoiding the liability of accidents andat the same time providing means for properly securing the ties to theroad-bed by ballasting, and that the improved device is strong andkdurable and comparatively inexpensive inv the cost of manufacture inview of the convenience in assembling the several parts.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desireto secureby LettersI Patent 1. The combination with a metallic railway tie, of aplurality of fastening devices,V each comprising two separable members,each member provided with a projecting part adapted to engage the railflange and with a part having a slot therein and a tongue adapted to fitinto the slot of theopposit'e member to interlock the members of thefastening devices.y

2. The combination with a metallic tie, of a plurality of` fasteningdevices, each comprising two separable members, each'member providedwith a flange and a projecting tongue adapted to engage the rail iia'ngeand with a part having a slot therein and a tongue adapted to fit intothe slot of the lop osite member to interlock the members o eachclamping device, and means for holding the flanges of the clampingdevices to the tie.

3. The combination of a metallic tie having a base member and twoparallel members separated by a space, and each providedy with openingstherethrough, and a plurality of fastening devices for the track rails,each provided with flanges adapted to iit into the space between theltie members and having openings therein adapted to register with theopenings of the tie members, and means for holding the devices to thetie.

4. The combination of a metallic tie having a base member and twoparallel members held at their ends to said base member, said parallelmembers being separated from each other by a space and each providedwith openings therethrough, and a plurality of fastening devices for thetrack rails, each provided with flanges adapted to fit into the spacebetween the tie members and having openings therein adapted to registerwith the openings of the tie members, and split rivets for holding thedevices to the tie.

5. The combination with a metallic tie, having a base member and twoCparallel members provided with downwar ly extending flanges andseparated from each other by a space and each provided with openingstherethrough, and a plurality of fastening devices for the track rails,each provided with flanges adapted to fit into the space between the tiemembers and having openings therein adapted to register with theopenings of the ties, and means for holding the clamping devices to thetie flanges.

6. The combination with a plurality of adjustable fastening devicesadapted to engage the flanges of the track rails, of a tie having a basemember with upwardly extending ends and two parallel members spacedapart and secured to the base member at the ends thereof, and corrugatedtruss braces secured to the parallel members and the base members, andso arranged relatively to each other that the part of one brace which isfastened to the base member is opposed to the part of l the other bracethat is fastened to the top or parallel member.

7. The combination with a plurality of fastening devices adapted toengage the flanges of the track rails, of a tie having a base memberwith upwardly extending ends, and two parallel members spaced apart andsecured to the base member at the ends thereof, and i to which thedevices are held, and corrugated truss braces secured to the parallelmembers and the base members.

8. The combination with a plurality of adjustable fastening deviceshaving means adapted to engage the flanges of the track rails onopposite sides thereof, of a tie having a base member with upwardlyextending ends and two parallel members secured to the base member atthe ends thereof, and corrugated truss braces secured to the parallelmembers and the base members, and so arranged relatively to each otherthat the part of one brace which is fastened to the base member isopposed to the part of the other brace that is fastened to the top orparallel member.

9. The combination with a fastening device adapted to engage the flangesof a track rail, of a tie having a base member and a top member securedto the base member at the ends thereof, and a corrugated truss bracesecured to the top member and the base member.

10. The combination with fastening means adapted to engage the flangesof a track rail, of a tie having a base member provided with upwardlyextending ends and a curved part to yield under pressure, a top membersecured to the upturned ends of the base member, and means for securingthe top member to the base member.

l l. The combination with fastening means adapted to engage the flangesof a track rail, of a tie having a base member, a top member, and acorrugated truss brace secured to the top member and to the base memberand provided with curved portions where secured to the top member'.

This specification signed and witnessed this twenty-sixth (26th) day ofSeptember WILLlAM N. HARING. Witnesses WALTER DAwsoN, Grills. M. HILL.

